Fresh Dispute Mars Bay Area Transit Deal

New discord raises possibility of another crippling public-transit strike

SAN FRANCISCO—An unusual dispute threatens to undo a contract agreement between management and labor leaders of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, raising the possibility of another crippling public-transit strike.

The dispute centers on a provision in the contract that allows workers to take up to six weeks of paid family leave. Management says the provision was never agreed to and was left in as a result of a clerical error....